Light weights vs. Heavy weights for MUSCLE Growth

What’s your perception of muscle growth?

Today, there’s a good chance of hearing people say that lifting heavy weights for a low number of reps builds muscle while lifting lighter weights for higher reps tones them.
Well, this is not entirely true — there’s actually more than meets the eye here.

First off, people typically use the term “muscle tone” to describe the firmness of a muscle, but what you should know is that your muscle has the same tone regardless of whether you’re in shape or not.

So what’s the point? Well, it’s pretty simple — your muscle tone doesn’t change with exercise.
Essentially, the appearance of the muscle is centered on how much fat is covering it and the elasticity of the skin.

That said, there’s a slim chance of toning your muscle if you’re focused on lifting light weights for high reps.
In fact, there’s not much of a difference between using heavyweight and lightweight for your workout sessions.
The difference actually lies in the intensity as well as one’s ability to lift the weight.

For the most part, weightlifting challenges the muscle tissues to provide support to the physical load being placed on it and at the same time, generate just enough energy to support intense muscle contraction.

It’s important to note that these adaptations tend to be fast when you’re just starting out, but of course, they begin to slow until they finally come to a halt.

This typically happens when your muscle can meet the demands of your workout.

Once you reach this stage, the surest way to allow for further adaptation is to increase the demand.

The big idea is that your body adapts to exercise and still needs to be constantly challenged in order to see continuous muscle growth and improved levels of fitness.

For the most part, the effectiveness of the weight you’re looking to lift (heavy or light) is actually dependent on the present condition of your muscle.

With this in mind, lightweight will give you impressive muscle changes in the beginning, but its effectiveness is likely to decrease with time.

So, yes, you’ll eventually have to increase the intensity of your exercises — this is the surest way to stay on the right track to muscle growth! Good luck!

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